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Direct linkRoberts, Bill; Hamilton, Carol – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This article recounts the life-story of one man who was "diagnosed" as intellectually disabled in the early 1960s. It details the time he spent in a special residential school in the Irish Republic after acquiring this label and outlines the bullying and abuse he experienced. It includes his struggle as an adult to come to terms with his…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Bullying, Mental Retardation, Residential Schools
Hamilton, Carol; Atkinson, Dorothy – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This article draws on life-stories told by older people with intellectual disabilities for a research study in the Republic of Ireland. Research participants recalled their experiences of confinement, coercion and exclusion that resulted from their being labelled as having intellectual disabilities. Participants also recalled the positive…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Labeling (of Persons), Older Adults
Kelly, Grace; Crowley, Helen; Hamilton, Carol – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
How to translate the right of people with intellectual disabilities to a full sexual and intimate life into proactive support remains a challenge for disabilities services in Ireland. Little formal research has been undertaken in this country into what people with intellectual disabilities think about these issues and what they would like to see…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Mental Retardation, Foreign Countries, Sexuality
